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Freddy Adu is stark warning to Cavan Sullivan and Mathis Albert dreams as USMNT debut awaits

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Mauricio Pochettino is turning to the next generation as he begins the 2030 World Cup cycle, and Cavan Sullivan could one day be the jewel in the USMNT crown. A homegrown Philadelphia Union winger, Sullivan has been called up for four friendlies across late September and early October, at the age of 16. He will join Manchester City when he turns 18. Sullivan has been called up for USMNT fixtures in September and October Getty Should he make his debut for the national team in the coming weeks, he would be the second-youngest player in US history, behind only Freddy Adu . But the record holder — who was once spoken of as ‘the next Pele’ — went on to have the kind of career that serves as a stark warning to any young player hoping to make it to the top of the game. Freddy Adu was ‘next Pele’ who struggled to live up to hype Despite being recruited early by Ghana — the nation of his birth — Adu played for the US in five international youth tournaments, and featured at the 2008 Olympics. He